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Synonyms for chip

noun

  1. A fragment

    thin slice, shard, sliver, shaving; see bit 1, flake, part 1.

  2. A microcircuit

    microchip, integrated circuit, semiconductor, microprocessor, silicon chip, computer on a chip.

  3. A place where a piece has chipped off

    nick, scratch, flaw; see blemish, nick.

  4. A counter used in games

    token, poker chip, counter, marker, disk, piece.

having a chip on one's shoulder*

ready to fight, belligerent, truculent, hostile; see aggressive 2, angry.

in the chips*

wealthy, having money, flush*; see rich 1.

when the chips are down

in a crisis, having trouble, in a difficult position; see in trouble 1 at trouble.

verb

nick, scratch, gouge, slash, hew, hack, crumble, snip, fragment, break, crack, flake, incise, shape, shape bit by bit, cut fragments from, whittle, crack off, splinter, gash, snick, notch, sliver, cut, cut off, chop, split, slice, chisel, clip, cut away, fracture, shiver, reduce.

Antonyms join*, unite, mend.

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